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Leonard William Baker

Male 1912 - 1965  (53 years)


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  • Name Leonard William Baker 
    Birth 31 Jan 1912  Reynolds, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 5 Jan 1920  Edgington, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 7, born IL, living with parents 
    Census 28 Apr 1930  Reynolds, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 18, born IL, living with parents 
    Census 15 Apr 1940  Twin Falls Co, ID Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 28, born IL, single lodger, C2 ed, residing Rock Island Co IL in 1935, accountant for potato organization 
    WW2 Reg Card 1942  Boise, ID Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Leonard William Baker, age 28, born 31 Jan 1912 in Reynolds IL, self employed, NOK Mrs. Lilly M Baker (mother) of Rock Island IL 
    Death 3 May 1965  Kansas City, Jackson, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery, Davenport, IA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I16166  Family Tree
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2018 

    Father Silas Sawyer Baker,   b. 17 Nov 1869, Hampton, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Apr 1943, Reynolds, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Lily Myrtle Biggs,   b. Mar 1872, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1951, Rock Island, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1898  Rock Island Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Kahlke 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1950  Rock Island, Rock Island, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Mar 2018 

  • Notes 
    • from "The Moline Dispatch", 4 May 1965 (newspapers.com)
      Leonard W. Baker, 53, 1230 17th St., Rock Island, building contractor and representative for the Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co,. died unexpectedly yesterday in the President Hotel in Kansas City, MO., where he was attending a regional meeting of the Illuminating Engineering Society. Services will be at 1:30 Thursday in Wheelan Funeral Home, Rock Island. Dr. William W. Bennett of the First Methodist Church will officiate, and burial will be in Davenport Memorial Park Cemetery. He was born Jan. 31, 1912, in Reyolds, Ill., son of Silas and Marian Biggs Baker, and attended schools there. He was graduated from Rock Island High School and attended Augusta College. He married Margaret Kahlke Aug., 19, 1950, in Rock Island. He was employed by the utility firm for six years, and before that by the Herman Nelson Division, American Air Filter. He was a member of the Moose. Surviving are the widow and a sister, Mrs. Marian Gauley of Reynolds. His parents and a sister preceded him in death.